Curtis Brown
Curtis Brown, a Black man, was held in the jail at Dyersburg, Tennessee, in October 1902. On the night of October 8, a mob of about 500 people came to the jail and forcibly took him and another man, Garfield Burley, despite a plea from the criminal court judge that the law be allowed to act. Court officers, local ministers and citizens had also appealed to the crowd to let the law take its course, but the appeals failed. According to the Associated Press, the mob carried the two men to Newbern, Tennessee, and hanged them from a telephone pole in the public square.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 500 forcibly took Curtis Brown from the Dyersburg jail, despite a plea from the criminal court judge, and hanged him from a telephone pole in Newbern, Tennessee.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).